Soil carbon inventories under a bioenergy crop (Switchgrass): Measurement limitations

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1359-1365

  Garten Jr , C T ^a   Wullschleger, S D ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIOENERGY CROP; MINIMUM DETECTABLE DIFFERENCE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SWITCHGRASS;

CARBON;

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

FESTUCA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0344780865     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1999.00472425002800040041x     Document Type: Article

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